Looks like you've got a great new assistant! Even if she decides to like other things besides cars, it's still great to start them young. My 3 year old helped me wash a car recently.

For what it's worth, I'm watching this before Tyler's new video. 😂

What a lovely assistant! Congratulations on the sponsorship! My daughter turned 11 years old today. We’ve had a really nice December 3rd. Of course we too had some automotive related stuff to deal with. We went to Toyota and bought new wiper blades. Then we went for cake and take away. Thanks for yet another great video!

You may already have tried this. When I got the anti-skid service required it was one of the ABS-rings in the front that had rusted and cracked due to snow and salt. You can see if they are cracked either if you lift the car and look from the inside of where the driveshaft goes into the spindle. You can also remove the wheel and the abs-sensor and look down the hole and spin the axle to see if there any cracks. It can also be the abs-sensor but most of the time its a cracked abs-ring. Cheers from a V70 owner in Sweden

Cat shirt on point as usual! And your uncle seems like a really nice guy!

A trick on that beauty cover. Use a 3/8 long extension put the hole end over the tabs and then twist, the flats will push in all 4 tabs, and then you can just lift up.

Can we also get a huge shoutout to elliot's uncle. Dudes been here through everything and every car

Dropping Like just for sake of the nicest, cutest assistant of yours, God bless that child.

Yesss gimme some Elliot content 😭

You're back! Well done. The end where you were selling the V70 features to your daughter was priceless.

Just like John Ross it’s awesome you have family and friends able to help!

I like your dedication to repairing the Volvo, it speaks volumes about how much of a smile it must have put on your face when you first drove it. So close now!

Excellent video as ever Elliot , especially with your new adorable new assistant

Every step you have taken to package up that BCM is RIGHT ON! Especially the anti-static bag, and the assistant who brought it to you!

As a member of the volvo community, i completely agree! They are all awesome!

I highly suggest using some DeoxIT D5 spray on the connector/pins when you put it all back together. I tend to use it on a lot of older/dirty electrical connectors and seems to do a better job than regular "contact cleaner" spray. I started using it mainly for old electronics but it's done well on my cars as well.

Excellent Elliot! The Internet community helping each other, it makes me happy to see that there are so many good people out there! Excellent content, you are one of my favorites from all the Wichita KZfaqrs, Wichita KZfaqrs kick ass! :D Greetings from Germany

The Volvo has become a true skater!

Ooh! A partnership to get the Volvo going? Fancy! Also, your little assistant is just too adorable.

I find the easiest way to remove that look-pretty cover on the right side of the engine bay is with a 3/8 extension and 11 mil (-ish) socket. If you press it down on the top of the clip they’ll come together and you can then easily pull up on the cover. FWIW :)

I have been having an almost identical issue on my 2008 Saab 9-3 Aero. It runs and drives totally fine, but sometimes, it has the ABS, Traction Control, and check engine lights come on while driving. The code comes up as "Lost communication with Steering Column Control Module." I bought the car from an auction so I couldn't speak directly with the previous owner, but because I know someone that works at the local Saab dealer, I was able to find out that they had spent $3,000 replacing the Steering Column Control Module (Known as a CIM "Column Integration Module" on Saabs) along with the ignition, both keys, and battery in attempt to fix this exact issue. After doing some more digging with a Tech2 computer lots of forum research I also landed on the ABS Module being the culprit with my car. Faults in the ABS/Brake Module can cause interruptions in the Can-BUS System and bring down other modules as well. When the brake module in my Saab acts up, it takes down the CIM and ECM as well, which triggers the code I get. Its so strange how one module can effect so many others...I had a 2013 Chevy Impala that did the exact same thing as well.

Elliot, enjoy these moments with your daughter while you can. It feels like yesterday when I carried my sweet girl on my back to see the view from Gods window in Mpumalanga while we were on holiday there in 2000. Now suddenly she is 32 years old and I wonder where the time went. Lots of love from South Africa.

Very cool on the new partnership! Even cooler on the new assistant! She's already making plans for driving Spaceball One. Now, if we can just get this car off the skates... Soon!

Glad you're back! Congrats on the new partnership and assistant, she's adorable. I miss when my son was that age, so full of wonder!

The beauty cover is covering....the beauty! Its in the name!

What a precious little girl, Elliot. Congrats.

I'm just here for the Volvo content, and I don't even own a Volvo. I do like this wagon though (almost bought one), and I am happy to see Elliott breath some life back into this car. Keep up the great work, Elliott!

The presence of Charlotte just improved this channel by about 120%.

I’m absolutely in love with your new assistant! She is very helpful and had some great suggestions. Her princess dress is especially appropriate for a car that’s getting a “royal” treatment from you. Hope you get everything figured out soon…your precious little helper wants to take that frog for a ride… lol!

the plastic beauty cover in the front comes off super easy if you press on the little Christmas trees with a socket, it pops right out

Finally a new video! Keep up the great work!

Congrats on the partnership! That's huge!

Love your new assistant! Thanks for the smile, Motary Notary!!

Greetings Mr Motary Notary, first of all your assistant is absolutely adorable, I'm sure that you're very proud of her!!! Good luck with the BCM repair, I'm confident that you'll be driving the Volvo throughout the winter!!! As always, I watch your video before I watch Tyler's!!!! Thanks for the update!!! 🤞🤞🙂

Another awesome video. I always feel your pain with the constant issues. I look foward to the day it os running 100%. And the volvo community has helped me through issues of my own. Who needs dealers!!!!!!

Dude I'm just hoping you get a win on this Volvo

Elliott, your daughter is absolutely precious and she is beautiful, just like her mother and her father!

You have the cutest helper in all of the KZfaq world.👍👍👍

What a cutie of an assistant! I cross my fingers you will figure out this Volvo in the end :-)

Aww your assistant was so cute and helpful. Adorable child you have sir. Thanks for the great content. I hope the BCM comes back working properly for a while. Seems like there would be a market for a replacement part that doesn't break and die after a few years.

Yep - I remember my son sitting on my lap in my 89 Beretta - playing with the turn signal/high beam switch. One pull later and I was out about $300 for the fix. Good times.

Your assistant is just precious! Another great video!

Every V70R video I watch makes me happy…that mine finally died. Don’t get me wrong, it was a good car, saved my life, as well as my wife’s life, after getting hit by two pickup trucks. But as much as you can chase after the electrical gremlins that will continue to happen, you’ll then start to see mechanical issues, especially those related to the transmission and angle gear. Given you’re willing to keep trying, the other thing I would suggest doing, is to add hood venting. I can’t remember who offered some vent grills for the hood, but they’re worth it given just how hot the engine bay gets, which could actually help minimize under hood wiring issues. And since your hood has a few minor cosmetic issues, adding in vents will only help visually.

Your uncle is a certified homie, always helping with car stuff!

Heck yeah, its always nice to know there is another v70r owner in the area, gotta love the volvos and their weird sweedish electronics

Me and my fully sorted (for now) Volvo V70 sitting here watching you struggle along.

I think the steering sensor calibration went green when only turned to the right because it said right or left 15 degrees ? Your uncle is such a great help

Hey Elliot! I wanted to let you know that there is a fairly recent recall on the drivers airbag. I noticed that you still have the R logo on your steering wheel cover. Unfortunately the new ones don’t have that logo or blue stitching… but they also aren’t basically frag grenades. The dealer will replace it for you for free :) Loving the videos man. Having a similar process on my SR too lol. -Micah

LOL "Makes you a Volvo Owner" - I owned a Volvo owner once. Regardless, I'm enjoying your content man. Keep it up.

Wow I'm early! I was just wondering if you had posted something and I missed it and boom you uploaded a sec ago. Intuition comes in handy.

Congrats on the sponsorship, and congrats to your assistant, she's clearly quite familiar with battery powered cars (kids are so spoiled these days with lithium rc cars, charging in half an hour and running for way longer than the cruddy nicad ones back in the day, it's wonderful) and automotive HVAC

Hopefully this saves a ton of money.. as they are the only company offering these service besides volvo the prices are crazy... but you want to keep your volvo on the road the service is vital. I have on 01 base s60 that is in need of the ETM repair and I would usually just have xemodex repair it but my funds are very limited so I'm going to order the digital repair parts and do it myself... Not the first volvo electronic part I have repaired as I had a 95 850 t5 with a bad abs module that I resoldered and put back together with no further issue. Getting the part sealed back up was what made me nervous but it worked..

Times up Elliot. It's been a week and we fans need a new video.

Yay! Elliott Alvis video!

Awww your new assistant ☺️ - you know she stole the show right 🙂 Another fun, and heart warming, video Elliott!

what a cute little assistant will she also return with the repaired bcm/abs module

You should get Uncle mic’d up! Would be great to hear the banter!

im thinking the point to take out the fusebox and airbox is to see the wires thats been chewed by a mouse ;)

She's absolutely adorable!

Lol the intro is so true. I am into my 7th centre support bearing - 3rd rear axle, 2nd driveshaft, back to the 1st gearbox because the 2nd one leaks oil, and onto my 3rd pair of shocks xD (don't buy cheap, i learned that the hard way)

Another great video from a fellow V70R owner, glad they made the engine look pretty for how often I get to look at it!. A quick tip I learned from some of the veteran P2R owners is when removing that plastic "beauty cover" next to the airbox use a 10mm socket to press down on the tabs from the top and apply some pressure while pulling the cover up and they come right off! Looking forward to the next video in the series.

Yes! The Volvo is one step closer to being a working car!

Your daughter is adorable! I can’t wait to see if the module fixes the Volvo. Great video!

Just found your channel and binge watched all the V70R videos! I've been thinking about trying to find one of these cars but now maybe having second thoughts... haha Can't wait to see you get it all back together without anymore codes.

“It’s out of battery” TIL Elliot’s Volvo and an AR-15 have something in common

I repaired Same/similar module on my 1997 s70 myself. Cold joints on it are very common. ~2h of work. 1h to cut Open the case to access the circuit board. Did it 1,5 years Ago. Have not had problem with it since

Great assistant. Start investing in that shotgun. You will need it sooner than you think.

Your 'Assistant' earned you a thumbs up... better take her out for some ice cream!

Your the best Elliott

Oh wow...your assistant is as "enthused" about the Volvo as mine was about my '78 Continental...back in 2000 😛. Oh, and so little has changed...my '96 855T5 had an earlier version of that BCM (aka ABS module) and they failed back then as much as now. Same hard-to-find four bolts on an E5 socket...it wasn't available at common stores in 2008. That module you pulled looked exactly the same as the one off of my '96 😮

Your newest assistant is adorable.

If EuroAsianBob wanted to set you up with a vehicle to give you near endless content, he hit a homerun with this one. Better that than it sitting in his back lot for even more years.

Lot of useful information in this video, but for everyone out there, please remove the air filter box, it will make things easier. Many times the connector doesn't want to come off, and you need two hands for detaching it.

The trim you are removing in the start "the plasty thing" where you use pliers. The meaning is to use 10mm (or equivalent in inch) and push down over all 3 tabs and pull up.

Sorry Elliot, your assistant is the star of this video!

Cutest assistant EVER!!

On my 2004 D5 v70 the anti skid message was the 2 brake pressure sensors on the top right of the engine bay. RHD

11:04 while I was watching this video a yellow sac spider wanted to bite me on my neck lol.

A bad accelerometer will cause a antiskid message AND a bad brake pressure sensor will also. Just fyi. And a trick to remove that plastic cover in the engine bay is 10mm socket around the claws to keep them closed lol

Now's your chance Elliott!!! Replace all those vacuum hoses!

What a deal. lol Fix it fix fix it....Who knew....Thanks Elliott & Uncle...!

yay Elliott got a sponsor! get the volvo running once and for all!

Uncle is tough!! He thought “‘tis but a scratch”

I'm optimistic! I think this is the thing that'll get this car to reliably work through the winter! But, I think you should burn some sage over the engine bay and in the interior to exorcise whatever computer module demons seem to be living in this thing. I don't think your assistant's 'Froggy' can be trusted...

I had a yaw sensor issue on my V70R. I sent the BCM for repair including the brake module. This was not the problem. Volvo shop solved the issue by rewiring the sensor that is below the passenger seat. It took 2 years to solve the issue.

Don't get Jacob upset you're using his car as a desk, he's a huge help on the interior so upsetting him is a bad idea! No scratches on the FreeMW!

Looks like your assistant knows more about cars than the guy who replaced my timing belt...

I have an assistant about the same age. She saw me working on my S6 and decided to help. Used a wire brush on one fender and a bolt on a door and 1/4.🤦‍♂️

Must be something just with the R. My ABS/Anti-skid message came on like a month ago(07 XC70 Cross Country), and I took it up to the shop just to have the tires changed for winter, and an alignment check. Message is gone. ABS light is still on, but I still need to do the brakes, and probably swap the ABS sensors(car was beat to hell when we got it. My brother and I are convinced they hadn't ever done a tune-up on it, at 200k miles). With any luck, after that the ABS light will go away.

Good video Elliot…

Like the unce saying "With the wrong tool". I'm that uncle lol

Do you mind giving us some prius content, like buying another prius to do racing, like a drag build with the stock hybrid engine but less weight and make it the fastest prius with the stock hybrid system in the world. Then Maybe try to make it even faster by moding the engine for more power while still keeping it Hybrid .I know what i Said here is a lot of work but it is very interesting content

Can’t wait to see that handsome car on the road, showing all those stupid SUVs and Crossovers how a stylish practical quality car should look.

I enjoy the Spaceball and can’t wait until it runs! Did I count three cat T-Shirt wardrobe changes?

Just a quick question, did you reset your codes after the calibration? Although it shouldn't be needed it is wise. I had the wrong type of bcm on my s80, someone had replaced it with a STC type not the DTSC type which is what I think you have on the R. As soon as I put the right second hand module on error went away (no coding needed). Vida has pics that lead to calibration/tests etc everywhere so always worth a click. With the steering angle calibration you only need to rotate the wheel 15 degrees one way and calibrate, but leave it at the 15 degrees while you calibrate. The instructions are further down the info page.

I know this sounds stupid but before you sent the module off, did you try to clean the contacts off and retry the module, with that car having such a water problem is very plausible that a connector could have been corroded.

Sorry popping in late on this. Put a small stack of newspaper (5 or 6 sheets) under each wheel. Then turning is MUCH easier.

Again the best lunchtime entertainment! Have you thought about calling in a catholic priest to exorcise the demons out of the Volvo??

I've almost got the engine out of mine. Down to the fuel lines, a few connectors, then the subframe. Then it's time to make a decision on what I do.

Put your daughter on the payroll she's priceless!